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Confessions of an Economic Hit Man, 3rd Edition, 3rd Edition
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Confessions of an Economic Hit Man, 3rd Edition, 3rd Edition

by John Perkins
February 2023
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
384 pages
9h 54m
English
Berrett-Koehler Publishers
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21Confessions of a Tortured Man

Several days later, Yamin drove me out of Tehran, through a dusty and impoverished shantytown, along an old camel trail, and to the edge of the desert. With the sun setting behind the city, he stopped his car at a cluster of tiny mud shacks surrounded by palm trees.

“A very old oasis,” he explained. He preceded me to one of the shacks. “The man inside has a PhD from one of your most prestigious universities. For reasons that will soon be clear, he must remain nameless. You can call him Doc.”

He knocked on the wooden door, and there was a muffled response. Yamin pushed the door open and led me inside. The tiny room was windowless and lit only by an oil lamp on a low table in one corner. The shadowy outline of a ...

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ISBN: 9781523001910